Auchlochan is a village in
South Lanarkshire
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, Scotland. It is on the
River Nethan
The River Nethan is a river which flows between Glenbuck in East Ayrshire and Crossford, South Lanarkshire where it feeds into the River Clyde, with the town of Lesmahagow and surrounding villages sitting on the river course. The area of wood ...
and is located near the villages of Birkwood,
Braehead and
Coalburn
Coalburn is a village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. It is located near the villages of Auchlochan, Bankend and Braehead.
History
The opencast mine that opened in the village in the late 1980s became the biggest mine in Europe by the earl ...
. The nearest town being
Lesmahagow
Lesmahagow ( ; sco, Lismahagie or ''Lesmahagae'', gd, Lios MoChuda) is a small town in the historic county of Lanarkshire on the edge of moorland, near Lanark in the central belt of Scotland. Lesmahagow was also a civil parish. It lies west o ...
which is
connected via New Trows Road.
History
From 1890 to 1968 they were several
collieries in the area known as the
Auchlochan Collieries. From 1907 to 1965 there was a
railway station called
Auchlochan Platform railway station.
Overview
There is a
MHA retirement village.
As well as a golf club.
Notable residents
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Ivy Wallace (1915–2006), author and illustrator
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George Patterson (1920–2012), engineer and missionary
See also
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List of places in South Lanarkshire
''Map of places in South Lanarkshire compiled from this list''
The List of places in South Lanarkshire is a list of links for any town, village and hamlet in the South Lanarkshire council area of Scotland.
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* Abington
* Allanton
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References
Villages in South Lanarkshire
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